The nominees are....
Welcome to the animal awards!
"The ceremony is about to begin. Roll up, roll up, roll up! The ceremony is about to begin so prepare to be amazed. We're here to celebrate the crème de la crème of the animal kingdom, and shine a spotlight on the finest achievements and unique qualities of some special individuals. Among others, we will be awarding prizes to the fastest, the oldest, the strongiest, the smelliest, the tallest, and the longest. We have some unusual prize winners and some quite scary ones, too. As we run through our short lists you'll have the privilege of meeting our esteemed guests from dangerous, frogs to organized ants, to spiders that have devised all sorts of strange and admirable ways of catching their food. It's been a really difficult job choosing winners but we hope you approve and find plenty of marvel at in this beastly line-up of champions. Now put your hands together and clap! The Animal Awards is about to begin...."
And the award goes to..... the envelope please.....
"The Animal Awards"
Created by Tor Freeman and Martin Jenkins
* Grade Level: 2-4
* Hardcover: 80 pages
* Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
* Pub. Date: September 3, 2019
* Language: English
* Genre: Non-fiction
Unwrapping some excellent illustrations for you to enjoy
Unwrapping the Book
Who is not enamoured with award shows? The Emmy's? the Oscars? Wow! "The Animal Awards" gives the most prestigious animals accolades for their amazing talents and some unusual skills.
This non-fiction, educational, extremely interesting book celebrates the best and finest in the animal kingdom. 50 superstar animals are documented and kids will love to find out why they are voted the best.
Here are a few examples of the categories offered and the winners:
* The Fabulous Display Award goes to Great Bustard
* The Nifty Tool Award - The Chimpanzee
* The Soil Improvement Award - The Earth Worm
* The Family Award - Emperor Penguin
* The Marvellous Mane Award - The Lion
* The Best Bouncer Award - The Kangaroo
* The Shocking Award - The Electric Eel
* The Co-Operation Award - Honeybee, Naked Mole Rat, Gray Wolf, Clownfish and Sea Anemones
* The Spinning Award - The Spider --- just to cite a few.
The cartoon style illustrations enrich the informative text and the winner sports a well deserved gold medal around it's neck as it rises into the spotlight above the runner-ups who have similar talents also. Each Star has a two-page spread with a lovely introduction by the author then more in-depth information on diet, location, and other intriguing facts. The premise of the book is fun and refreshing and I know kids will love it. It is presented in a way that is easy to follow and is full of facts and tidbits that will engage the reader and teach them why that animal was the winner.
This book would be a perfect addition to a classroom and/or an elementary school library. I personally learned a lot from the book myself and I highly, highly recommend it.
Storywraps Rating - 5 +++ HUGS!!!!!
Meet the author
MARTIN JENKINS is conservation biologist and children’s writer. His jobs have varied greatly: “I’ve been an orchid-sleuth in Germany, a timber detective in Kenya and an investigator of the chameleon trade in Madagascar.” His titles include Emperor’s Egg, winner of the Times Junior Information Book of the Year Award, Can We Save the Tiger, winner of the SLA Award, and Gulliver’s Travels, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. He lives in Cambridge and London.
About the illustrator
TOR FREEMAN is a London-based freelance illustrator. In 2012 she was awarded the Sendak Fellowship. In 2017 she won the Guardian Graphic Short Story Prize. Her books include the Digby Dog and Olive series.
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